The actor, who was granted bail on Monday, was released from Arthur Road jail yesterday at 5pm

Suraj Pancholi was granted bail on a surety of Rs 50,000. The High Court held that he didn’t have the intent to encourage the 25-year-old Jiah Khan to commit suicide. And since the note written by Jiah never reached Suraj, wasn’t addressed to anyone specific and wasn’t dated, the court announced that it could not be called a ‘suicide’ letter.

Jiah Khan was found hanging in her apartment on June 3 and Pancholi was arrested on June 10. The 22-year-old lad’s father Aditya Pancholi and sister Sana Pancholi were seen outside the jail premises, while the paparazzi pushed and shoved in an attempt to get a glimpse of Suraj. The High Court observed that junior Pancholi cannot be held solely responsible for Khan’s death, as the suicide was an impulsive decision.

Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab thanked god, and the judge, for their son’s bail

Aditya Pancholi and his wife Zarina Wahab‘s 20-day ordeal of watching their only son Suraj Pancholi, an aspiring actor, imprisoned for allegedly abetting actor Jiah Khan’s suicide, has ended. The parents thank the judiciary and the god.

Suraj, who was arrested on June 10, was granted bail by the Bombay High Court on Monday. He has been ordered to pay a surety of Rs 50,000, surrender his passport and report to police whenever required for investigations.

Aditya said, “It’s finally happened. My boy is coming out. I am just so grateful to the honourable judge for being fair to us. We had begun to lose hope.” This is all he could say.

Zarina, who has been going through an agonising wait for her son’s return, said, “We knew Suraj would be out because he has done no wrong. We just didn’t know why it was taking so long. My son has gone through so much. We’ve suffered outside. But we can’t begin to imagine what he must have gone through.”

“The honourable judge has been so fair, so just in her pronouncements. Aditya and I had begun to despair. We have finally found our hope and faith again. Right now we’re only waiting for him to come home, eat ghar ka khana (home food) and sleep in his own bed. Nothing else matters,” she added.

Zarina has nothing but kind words for Jiah, who committed suicide on June 3.

“Her soul must have finally rested in peace. Jiah loved my son. She couldn’t have been happy with what was happening to Suraj. It is ironical that Jiah’s mother (Rabia Amin aka Rabiya Khan) says she wanted Suraj in jail because of Jiah when the last thing Jiah would’ve ever wanted was to see my son in distress,” said Zarina.

“I have been connecting with Jiah in my prayers. We love that girl. She deserved a far more pleasant send-off than this ugly vendetta spree,” she added.

After granting bail to the aspiring actor today, the court now states that Pancholi can’t be held solely accountable for Jiah’s suicide….

Looks like things are turning in Suraj Pancholi’s favour. Post the Bombay High Court granting bail to the prime accused in the Jiah Khan suicide case, more major relief comes to Pancholi in the form of a statement from Justice Sadhna Jadhav – “It was an unfortunate incident that a young girl (Jiah) has committed suicide. She must have been impulsive and he (Suraj) cannot be held solely responsible for it.”

The 22-year-old wannabe actor has been granted bail on a surety of Rs 50,000 and the court has directed him to surrender his passport and appear before the Juhu police every alternate day. The Bombay High Court also observed that the letter recovered from Jiah’s house could not be taken as a suicide note, as it is not addressed to anyone and is not dated. “Hence, it cannot be said that the emotions expressed in the letter ever reached the applicant,” Jadhav said.

The court also held that Suraj never nurtured any intent to push Jiah to commit suicide. “She was in the relationship by her own choice. It cannot be ignored that Jiah had suicidal tendencies. Earlier also she had attempted suicide and it was the applicant who took care of her,” Jadhav stated, adding that the deceased’s mother Rabiya Amin Khan was not aware of this.

The aspiring actor, who was arrested on charges of abetting Jiah Khan’s suicide, is granted bail by Mumbai court on a surety of Rs 50,000 after he surrendered his passport

After being in police custody for almost three weeks for his alleged involvement in the Jiah Khan suicide case, Suraj Pancholi can now breathe a sigh of relief. The Mumbai court has granted him bail. The son of actors Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab had filed an appeal in the Bombay High Court after his bail plea was rejected by the Sessions Court. Suraj has been lodged in the Arthur Road Central jail since his arrest.

So is the wave of legal trouble over for Suraj? Will the aspiring actor be let off now? Watch this space for more updates!

After Suraj was denied bail by a lower court, his lawyer had moved the High Court and the bail application will be heard today

Suraj Pancholi, who was arrested for abetting Jiah Khan’s suicide, is looking forward to some relief from the Bombay High Court today. Suraj was sent to jail on June 10, and on June 21, the son of actors Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab was denied bail by a lower court. Suraj’s lawyer had moved the HC and his bail application will be heard today.

Suraj has been in police custody for almost a fortnight now and he has been charged under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code. He was sent to jail till June 27. Let’s see what’s in store for the young, aspiring actor this time around. Watch this space for the verdict.

The aspiring actor’s ex-girlfriend says that all the allegations against Suraj are completely false and that he’s being blamed for no fault of his

Almost three weeks after Suraj Pancholi was arrested for his alleged involvement in the Jiah Khan suicide case, his ex-girlfriend Janvi Turakhia has finally come out in the open to defend him. Considering the legal mess junior Pancholi is in, Turakhia has decided to break her silence on her ex-boyfriend.

Janvi, who dated Suraj for more than five years, is quite aghast at the horrific stories and allegations against him. While talking to a newspaper, she said that in the five long years that they were together, Suraj was neither abusive nor violent. Justifying her absence until now, Turakhia said that she wanted to avoid the media thronging at her place. But now that Suraj’s case is intensifying with each passing day, she couldn’t take it any further and decided to come forward and defend him to the best of her capacity.

“My heart goes out to Jiah’s family. But I can’t believe a word of what they are saying about Suraj! This Suraj, who is supposed to have done these awful things to that poor girl (Jiah), is not the Suraj I know. My Suraj is incapable of violence against anyone. He hates any kind of confrontation. Whenever we fought, I was the one who was more aggressive. If he’s angry or upset, he likes to be on his own to work his way out of the problem,” she said, and added, “I don’t think any girl knows him better than I do. Even after we broke up we remained friends. Our families are also close. Suraj’s biggest weakness is his over-emotional nature. He gets upset by any hint of unpleasantness. To inflict pain or violence is unthinkable for him. He is one of the most soft-hearted souls I know. He not only treats his parents, sister and close friends with utmost love and affection, he treats even his domestic help, staff and driver like family.”

Will Janvi’s revelations help Suraj come out of the legal hurdle? Watch this space for more updates.

News is that the aspiring actor who was arrested for abetting Jiah’s suicide, will now have to spend a week more in prison

It looks like the legal trouble for Suraj Pancholi is not going to end anytime soon. After being in police custody for 10 days on charges of abetting Jiah Khan’s suicide (under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code), Suraj will now have to be in police custody for a week more – i.e. till June 27.

Suraj was sent to jail on June 10 after a six-page suicide note was recovered from the late actor’s residence which reportedly blamed the aspiring actor for their turbulent relationship. He had applied for bail, the hearing of which was scheduled for today. And now news is that the Mumbai court has denied Suraj bail and he will have to be behind bars for one more week.